What does the espression "Old Corps" mean to you Marine??

Question

When I went through boot camp in the late 60's it was the WWII Marines and Korean War Marines but what does this expression mean to you??

Answer 1

For me it's any Marine from 1971 back.  I served from 72-82 and recently was called "Old Corps" by a young Marine.  Guess it depends on age and point of view.  Doesn't really matter:

Old Corps

New Corps

It's still all of our Marine Corps!

Semper Fi dogs

Answer 2

Old breed, new breed, same breed,. ..the Marine Corps breed.....

Answer 3

It comes down to the first Marines signing in Tun Tavern...

The first guy steps up and signs his name on the dotted line.

"Go stand over there!" Sam Nicholas says.

The second guy steps up and signs his name.

"Go over there with the other one!" Sam says.

When the second guy goes over the first guy says "You know back in the old Corps..."

Answer 4

for us it was also the WW2 and Korean Marines, also the Vietnam Marines...  

Answer 5

Back when I was in was the old corps.  I guess to me you are old corps I went to basic in 1984 and retired in 2006, I guess to everyone we could argue it differently.  Semper Fi...  

Answer 6

When i hear "Old Corps", I think of chesty and his days where the marines were unstopable, and hardcore, compared to now, i bet half of the marines today wouldn't last in chesty's era

Answer 7

Well to me its when the Marines were alot more hardcore like you could drink and drive onto base and they would just tell you to walk home or something like that when camaraderie was more evident and i guess also when Marines used to get hit in boot camp.

Answer 8

Devil Dogs who would report atrocities by their leaders